This chapter covers the following topics:
Web publishing functionality enables sales representatives to publish quotes to customers through Oracle iStore specialty sites.
When a sales representative publishes a quote to iStore, an iStore API validates the published quote and returns exception messages to Quoting if the attempt to publish is not successful.
The following validations are performed when you attempt to publish to a minisite:
Shipping Method on the minisite
Payment Method on the minisite (referred to as payment type on the quote)
Note: Line level payment method is not enforced.
Payment Threshold on the minisite
If any of the validations fail, the quote is not published.
Use of Web publishing functionality in Quoting windows is controlled by the profile option ASO: Enable Web Publishing. For more information on Quoting profile options, see Appendix A Profiles in Oracle Quoting.
In Quoting pages, you must enable the Web publishing functionality by displaying various fields related to Web publishing using OA Personalization. See Web Publishing in the OA Personalization section.
Caution: If a quote is Web Published or if an Oracle iStore user requests for a sales representative's assistance, then the user cannot change the Customer Name.
You must also set the profile IBE: iStore Non Secure URL to iStore URL at the application level. See Profiles in Oracle Quoting for more information.
Note: If you are using Quoting pages and there is integration with Oracle Sales, you must set IBE: iStore Non Secure URL at the Application level for Oracle Sales. If there is no integration with Oracle Sales, the profile should be set at the Application level for Oracle Quoting.
Web Publishing functionality requires the setup of specialty sites in Oracle iStore. Customers can access published quotes through these Specialty Sites. Oracle Quoting supports public and restricted specialty sites. For information on setting up specialty sites, refer to the Oracle iStore Implementation and Administration Guide.
You can customize publish notifications based on Organization ID, Minisite ID, and User Type. You can still use the iStore Merchant UI to configure Quoting notifications. Refer to the Oracle iStore Implementation and Administration Guide for more information.
Quoting pages provide notifications for the following events:
FND user registration — ASOQOTPUBLISHREG
Publish executable quote — ASOQOTPUBLISHEXEC
Publish non-executable quote — ASOQOTPUBLISHUNEXEC
To customize these notifications, you must:
Create a lookup for the merchant UI
Customize notification
Add a new message in the work template file
Create a lookup for the merchant UI
The FND lookup type IBE_WF_NOTIFICATION is used by the iStore Merchant UI to render each notification available for configuration, where the meaning of the lookup code in the merchant UI is available as a link.
Update the FND lookup type IBE_WF_NOTIFICATION with the following lookup codes:
ASOQOTPUBLISHREG
ASOQOTPUBLISHEXEC
ASOQOTPUBLISHUNEXEC
The following table shows an example of how you could set up the lookup codes:
| Lookup Code Name |
Meaning |
|---|---|
| ASOQOTPUBLISHREG | Quoting FND User Registration |
| ASOQOTPUBLISHEXEC | Quoting Publish Executable Quote |
| ASOQOTPUBLISHUNEXEC | Quoting Publish Un-executable Quote |
After entering the lookup codes, you must use the merchant UI to configure Quoting publish notifications.
Log in to the JTF Login Page with the IBE_ADMIN responsibility.
Navigate to Menu, select Notifications.
Adding a new message in the work template file
iStore uses a workflow item type iStore Alerts Workflow as the placeholder for iStore notification templates.
Notes
Choose the item type iStore Alerts Workflow.
When copying a new message, you must maintain the original name of the message as a prefix in the name of the new message.
Choosing an email style for Web Publish notification
You can specify the email style for the Web Publish notifications sent to an iStore user (contact or person).
There are three notifications sent to the iStore user that are invoked under the following conditions:
Creation of a new FND_USER
Web Publish an executable quote
Web Publish a non-executable quote
For more information on Quote publishing, see the iStore Implementation and Administration Guide.